WHO Global TB Control report
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Press and Media
Press Releases
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Canada helps to defeat global tuberculosis epidemic
Ottawa - Today, on the eve of World Tuberculosis Day, the Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation, announced that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will provide $38 million this year in additional support to the fight against tuberculosis (TB).
Full article
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UK Government Pledges £5m for Stop TB Partnership
The UK Government today pledged £5m to help fund the work of the Stop TB Partnership over the next three years. This is more than double the support given over the previous three-year period, and makes DFID the third biggest donor to Stop TB.
Full article
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Combating TB
Tuberculosis is a child of poverty and a sister of HIV and AIDS. In 2004 it killed nearly 2 million men, women and children worldwide. The good news is, thanks to better methods of disease control, global deaths is starting to decline.
Full article
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TB Cases and Deaths Linked to HIV at Alarming Levels in Africa
Rising rates contrast sharply with accelerated progress in other regions
London/Geneva - In most areas of the world, the battle against tuberculosis is being successfully fought, but in Africa the disease has reached alarming proportions with a growing number of TB cases and deaths linked to HIV, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report released today.
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WHO Report 2005
Global tuberculosis control - surveillance, planning, financing
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Canadian-Funded Drug Facility Proves Major Success In Global Fight Against Tuberculosis
Life-saving drugs are treating and curing millions of TB patients in the world's poorest countries for $12-14
Ottawa, Canada - The Global Drug Facility (GDF) - an innovative scheme launched with Canadian funding in 2001 to provide high quality TB drugs for low income countries - completed its fourth year of operations today with the release of a new report that GDF has now provided drugs for 4.4 million TB patients in 58 countries around the world, nearly all with average per capita incomes of under $1,000.
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The Global TB Drug Facility Achievements Report-4 Million Treatments in 4 Years
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Panos and Stop TB Partnership launch TB fellowships for journalists in the South
The Panos Global AIDS Programme and the Stop TB Partnership are launching fellowships for print and photo journalists in the South to raise local debate and understanding of TB and, in particular, its link with poverty and HIV/AIDS. The fellowships will be awarded to local journalists in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Zambia, Malawi, Ethiopia and Haiti.
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http://www.panosaids.org/tb_fellowships
For TV and broadcast journalists and producers
A new 13 minute B-roll including a 3 minutes Video News Release (VNR) have been produced. They are both in BETA PAL and NTSC formats.
B-roll and VNR includes TB footage from Africa, China and India and interviews with TB experts and a patient activist. The videos have been produced by the Stop TB Partnership and WHO for distribution. Interviews with experts are also available in English, French, and Spanish.
A limited number of VNR and B-roll tapes will be available at all global media press events listed below.
To obtain access to the B-roll, VNR and interviews with the experts, including shot lists and transcripts, please visit: http://www.humanworldavbank.net and click on the Special Focus on World TB Day page.
The B-roll and VNR shot list can also be obtained here.
For radio journalists and producers
Interviews with TB experts Dr Mario Raviglione, Director, Stop TB Department at the World Health Organisation; Dr Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary, Stop TB Partnership Secretariat; and Ms Lucy Chesire (TB/HIV activist) are available. Interviews are available in English, French, and Spanish.
To access the interview sound files and transcripts, click here.
World TB Day press release
WHO will distribute a press release that highlights the main findings, trends and implications of the 2005 WHO Global TB Control Report.
The press release and 2005 report will be distributed in advance and embargoed for 00.01 GMT on 24 March 2005.
Press Conferences
Below you will find information on the main global press events scheduled for World TB Day. Please contact the individuals listed for each event for more information and to schedule interviews.
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City: London, UK
Venue: Royal Institute, Science Media Centre
Date: 23 March 05, 9.45 GMT
Participants:
J.W. Lee, Director-General, World Health Organization
Rt Hon Hilary Benn, UK Secretary of State for International Development
Mario Raviglione, Director, WHO Stop TB Department
Organizer: WHO, Stop TB Partnership
Contact:
Glenn Thomas
Communications Officer
Stop TB Department, WHO
Tel: +41 22 791 3983
Fax: +41 22 791 4886
Mobile: +41 79 509 0677
Ms Becky Morelle,
Science Media Centre
Tel: +44-20-7670-2921
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City: Paris, France
Venue: Centre accueil de la presse étrangère
Date: 23 March 05, 11.00 CET
Participants:
Leopold Blanc, Coordinator, TB Strategy and Operations, WHO
Gilles Poumerol, TB/HIV Medical Officer, WHO '3 by 5' team
Constantin Miaka Mia Bilenge, Secretary General for Health, DR Congo
M. Philippe Duneton, Head of mission for drug issues in Europe and internationally, Ministry of Health and Family
Organizer: Stop TB Partnership
Contact: Michel Aublanc
Tel: +33 1 69 286 286
Fax: +33 1 69 288 298
Email: michel.aublanc@wanadoo.fr
Website: www.public-info.org
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City: Ottawa, Canada
Venue: National Press Theatre
Date: 23 March 05, 13.00 EST
Participants:
The Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation
Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary, Stop TB Partnership
Francis Omaswa, Director-General, Ministry of Health, Uganda
Melissa Phypers, President, Stop TB Canada
Organizer: Stop TB Partnership
Contact:
Media Relations Office
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Telephone: (819) 953-6534
E-mail: info@acdi-cida.gc.ca
Web site: www.cida.gc.ca
Bureau des relations avec les médias
Agence canadienne de développement international (ACDI)
Téléphone : (819) 953-6534
Courriel : info@acdi-cida.gc.ca
Web Site : www.cida.gc.ca
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City: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Date: 24 March 05, 13.00 hrs
Participants:
Shigeru Omi, WHO Regional Director, Western Pacific Regional Office
Dr Keiji Tanaka, Director General of Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Government of Japan
Dr Toru Mori, Director, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association (JATA), Tokyo
Organizer: MHLW, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office
Contact:
Peter Cordingley
Media Relations Officer
WHO Western Pacific Regional Office
Email: cordingleyp@wpro.who.int
Tel: +63 2 528 9992
Press events organized by the WHO Regional Offices
Please contact communications and information officers listed below to find out more about regional press activities for World TB Day.
Communications contacts in WHO Regional offices:
AFRO - Regional Office for Africa
Samuel Tunde Ajibola: ajbolas@afro.who.int
AMRO - Regional Office for the Americas
Bryna Brennan: brennanb@paho.org
EMRO - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Samar Ibrahim: ibrahimsa@emro.who.int
EURO - Regional Office for Europe
Liuba Negru: lne@who.dk
SEARO - Regional Office for South-East Asia
Harsaran Pandey: pandeyh@whosea.org
WPRO - Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Peter Cordingley: cordingleyp@wpro.who.int
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